The League Cup
Wednesday, 23rd Jun 2004 00:00

The League Cup

In 1960/61, the Football League introduced a new competition - the league cup designed, as the name suggests for all teams in the top four divisions of the league. The finals of the competition initially started out over two legs but changed in 1967 to one game at Wembley (more recently the Millennium Stadium)

The competition attracts a place in the UEFA Cup for the winners and has quite often been won by the more 'unfashionable' sides with some of England's top clubs attracting criticism for fielding 'weakened' sides. In recent years, the clubs representing England in Europe have received a bye into the third round.

Results for the Swans in this competition between 1960 and 1985 can be found below, results since 1985 at this link

18th Oct 1960	LC	Blackburn Rovers	H	L 1-2
3rd Oct 1961	LC	Ipswich Town	H	D 3-3
24th Oct 1961	LC	Ipswich Town	A	L 2-3
26th Sep 1962	LC	Coventry City	A	L 2-3
25th Sep 1963	LC	Sunderland	H	W 3-1
22nd Oct 1963	LC	Leeds United	A	L 0-2
23rd Sep 1964	LC	Swindon Town	H	W 3-1
14th Oct 1964	LC	Rotherham United	A	D 2-2
28th Oct 1964	LC	Rotherham United	H	W 2-0
11th Nov 1964	LC	Chelsea	A	L 2-3
21st Sep 1965	LC	Aston Villa	H	L 2-3
24th Aug 1966	LC	Newport County	A	W 2-1
13th Sep 1966	LC	Bristol City	A	D 1-1
19th Sep 1966	LC	Bristol City	H	W 2-1
12th Oct 1966	LC	Queens Park Rangers	H	L 1-2
23rd Aug 1967	LC	Oxford United	A	L 1-3
13th Aug 1968	LC	Bristol Rovers	A	W 2-0
3rd Sep 1968	LC	Walsall	A	D 1-1
10th Sep 1968	LC	Walsall	H	W 3-2
25th Sep 1968	LC	Liverpool	A	L 0-2
12th Aug 1969	LC	Newport County	A	W 3-2
2nd Sep 1969	LC	Swindon Town	H	L 1-3
18th Aug 1970	LC	Exeter City	A	D 0-0
25th Aug 1970	LC	Exeter City	H	W 4-2
9th Sep 1970	LC	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L 0-3
17th Aug 1971	LC	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	L 0-1
15th Aug 1972	LC	Newport County	H	D 1-1
22nd Aug 1972	LC	Newport County	A	L 0-3
28th Aug 1973	LC	Exeter City	H	D 1-1
5th Sep 1973	LC	Exeter City	A	L 1-2
21st Aug 1974	LC	Exeter City	A	L 1-3
19th Aug 1975	LC	Torquay United	H	L 1-2
27th Aug 1975	LC	Torquay United	A	L 3-5
14th Aug 1976	LC	Newport County	H	W 4-1
17th Aug 1976	LC	Newport County	A	L 0-1
31st Aug 1976	LC	Chester	A	W 3-2
22nd Sep 1976	LC	Torquay United	A	W 2-1
26th Oct 1976	LC	Bolton Wanderers	H	D 1-1
2nd Nov 1976	LC	Bolton Wanderers	A	L 1-5
13th Aug 1977	LC	Swindon Town	H	L 1-3
16th Aug 1977	LC	Swindon Town	A	L 1-2
12th Aug 1978	LC	Newport County	A	L 1-2
15th Aug 1978	LC	Newport County	H	W 5-0
29th Aug 1978	LC	Tottenham Hotspur	H	D 2-2
6th Sep 1978	LC	Tottenham Hotspur	A	W 3-1
3rd Oct 1978	LC	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 0-2
11th Aug 1979	LC	Bournemouth	H	W 4-1
14th Aug 1979	LC	Bournemouth	A	D 0-0
29th Aug 1979	LC	Stoke City	A	D 1-1
4th Sep 1979	LC	Stoke City	H	L 1-3
26th Aug 1980	LC	Arsenal	H	D 1-1
2nd Sep 1980	LC	Arsenal	A	L 1-3
6th Oct 1981	LC	Barnsley	A	L 0-2
27th Oct 1981	LC	Barnsley	H	W 3-2
5th Oct 1982	LC	Bristol Rovers	A	L 0-1
26th Oct 1982	LC	Bristol Rovers	H	W 3-0
9th Nov 1982	LC	Brentford	A	D 1-1
17th Nov 1982	LC	Brentford	H	L 1-2
4th Oct 1983	LC	Colchester United	H	D 1-1
25th Oct 1983	LC	Colchester United	A	L 0-1
28th Aug 1984	LC	Walsall	H	L 0-2
4th Sep 1984	LC	Walsall	A	L 1-3
20th Aug 1985	LC	Cardiff City	A	L 1-2
3rd Sep 1985	LC	Cardiff City	H	W 3-1
24th Sep 1985	LC	West Ham United	A	L 0-3
8th Oct 1985	LC	West Ham United	H	L 2-3